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Subject:Re: "Space, the final frontier" From:"Kenneth M. Nuckols" <Knuck -at- BESTBUY -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:19:30 -0600
At 03:42 PM 2/10/97 -0600, LINKVI -at- MAIL -dot- STATE -dot- WI -dot- US wrote:
>This is a query about work environments, just because I'm interested in
>learning under what physical (environmental) conditions other tech writers
>(or communicators, if you will) find themselves employed. We've moved
>recently, and now work in 8 x 8 foot modular cubes, what we refer to as
>"pods," and we now call ourselves "pod people."
>
>[edited]
>
>Virginia Link
>Linkvi -at- mail -dot- state -dot- wi -dot- us
>
Virginia,
We, too, are pod people. In fact, until a couple of months ago we were in
cubes the same size as yours. Now that we've added more and more people to
the corporate office, our cubes have shrunk a little, to 8 x 6 foot dimensions.
Our office is rather quiet: there IS the constant rumble of the heat/air
system--which sounds a lot like the background rumble of the engines on
ST:TNG--the occasional phone, and almost always some music playing (what do
you expect from the corporate offices of a CD music and home electronics
retailer).
Lighting is 100% artificial, from the glare of fluorescent bulbs to the soft
glow of computer monitors. From October to March it's not so bad,
really--all the windows are covered by snowdrifts anyway...
And that's the way it is for the trainer/writers out in the Minnesota prarie...
Ken
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